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Shirk is associating others with Allah in His Divinity or worship and it is the opposite of Tawhid (monotheism).
The types of Shirk Shirk can be divided into three types: - Ash-Shirk ul-Akbar (The major shirk) - Ash-Shirk ul-Asghar (The minor shirk) - Ash-Shirk ul-Khafie (The hidden shirk) (1) ▨ Major shirk: to associate partners with Allah in His Lordship, worship or Names and Attributes is considered to be major shirk. Allah the Exalted said: (Verily, Allah forgives not (the sin of) associating partners (in worship) with Him, but He forgives whom He wills, sins other than that) (An-Nisa'a 4: 48, 116) The following are the types of shirk that people had fallen into: ◕ Shirk in Lordship (Ruboobiah): to believe that there are gods beside Allah who create, provide, sustain, or cause life or death. ◕ Shirk in worship (Uloohiah): to assign any of the acts of worship to anything or any one other than Allah. The acts of worship whether it is performed by the limbs, the heart or the tongue it should be directed solely to Allah alone without any partners. None is to be worshiped with Allah the Exalted, not even a saint, a close angel or a sent messenger. Acts of worships include: praying, fasting, Pilgrimage, supplication, sacrifice, vow and actions of the heart (i.e. love, hope, fear, repentance, dependence, help etc...). The actions of the heart vary but what is meant here is the portion which is implicitly should be for Allah the Exalted. ◕ Shirk in Allah's Names and Attributes (Al-Asma was- sifat): to believe that there is someone who shares with Allah His Names or Attributes. Allah the Exalted said: (There is nothing like to Him, and He is the All-Hearer the All-Seer) (Ash-Shura 42:11) The Ruling of major shirk: Who ever commits major shirk is considered: 1. a disbeliever in Allah (not a Muslim) 2. And he will dwell Hell Fire eternally (2) ▨ Minor shirk: ◕ Ar-Riya (The mionor Shirk, i.e. acts performed to show off) Any act of worship or any religious deed done in order to gain praise, fame or for worldly purposes, falls under this category. The Ruling of minor shirk: Who ever commits minor shirk is considered: 1. a sinner Muslim who has commited a very great sin 2. and it is up to Allah whether to forgive him or punish him. "Verily, Allah forgives not (the sin of) associating partners (in worship) with Him, but He forgives whom He wills, sins other than that" (An-Nisa'a 4: 48, 116) (3) ▨ Hidden shirk: Some scholars said this is a third type of shirk. But the other scholars said that it falls under the previous two types. ◕ Among The hidden shirk some is considered to be major shirk, such as the actions of the hypocrites, who pretend to be Muslim while deep in their heart they conceal animosity and hatred for Islam and the Muslims. ◕ Some Hidden shirk is considered minor shirk such as the little amount of show off when performing acts of worship, which may also reach major shirk. For instance if some one starts praying and when he notices that some one is watching him, he starts to make his prayer better. If he continues doing that in the entire prayer, his prayer becomes invalid. This is because he didn't perform it sincerely for Allah. But if he fights back this bad intention and he doesn't allow it to persist and overcome his sincerity, then his prayer is valid. In all cases all types of shirk are considered as a danger to the ones belief in Allah. And under all circumstances the one should free himself from all types of shirk. Abu Bakr Siddique (ra) has narrated that Rasulullah (saw) said: “Shirk in my Ummah is much more hidden than the pace of an ant crawling upon a black stone.” Shirk is very hidden. It enters the heart very silently and very few are saved from it. Upon hearing this, Abu Bakr asSiddique (ra) asked: “How can one be saved from it?” Rasulullah said : “Should I not show you such a supplication (dua) that if you recite it, you will be free from minor and major shirk.” Abu Bakr (ra) requested him to do so, Rasulullah (saw) instructed him to say : اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّىْ اَعُوْذُبِكَ اَنْ اُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَاَنَاْ اَعْلَمُ وَاَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِماَ لَا اَعْلَمُ “O Allah, I seek protection in You from that I ascribe partners to You knowingly and I seek forgiveness from You for those things which I do not know.” ameen |
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